Improvement in pews



HENRY s. reoonsinnn, or' Naw YORK, N. Y.-

' LemrePaam'No. 87,661, March 9, 1669...

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The Schedule referred to in thesedLettars Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it coment:

' Be it -known that I, HENRY S. Goonsrnnn, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fountain-Pens; and 4I do hereby declare that the following is a full and ex- A Figure 1A is aplan view of the back of my improved fountain-pen.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same. Figure 3 is a view of the back, with the points separated by pressure.

Figure 4 is a view of the pen, with the spoon 're'- moved.

Figure 5 is a view of the spoon detached.

Figure 6 shows the mode of forming the attachment in two views, plan a: and section y.

My improvement consistsr in the application, t'o the back of steel or other metallic pens,'of a spoon-shapedr reservoir,v having its smaller extremity elongated intoa point,'which lies parallel, or nearly so, with andfin closeproximity to the slitted point of the pen, and so arranged therewith, as to act by capillary attraction in 4the pen, as hereinafter described.

As represented in the drawings*- a isa steel pen, which'may consist, of any ordinary form, and

1), the spoon-shaped reservoir.

'This is attached to the back of the pen, by -nieans of a sltern, c, which slides under two lips, or flanges@ e, raised longitudinally on either side of a central strip,

i., which is 'on a plane with the back of the pen, and. serves as a guide to the under side ofthe stem.

The manner of forming this lfastening-device is most clearly shown in g. 6, where :c shows the pen-,back as cut previous to raising the lips e e, and y, the" same in section after those lips are raised.

These processes aire effected 4by cutting-punches and dies, by methods well known in' the arts.

The lips bear, with 'a slight pressure, on the stem,

, holding Ait firmly in place, but enabling it to be adjusted to the point of .the pen, and raised or lowered with ease. The reservoir b is spoon-shaped, with lits concave side next to the back of the pen, lying over the piece act description thereof, vreference being had to the ae.- companying drawings, Iin whichjQ'so as to facilitate the free circulation-of the writingwhich it follows to the point, there being no ink left upon the surface while writing.

' I am aware that devices of various shapes have been applied to the inside of the pen, to retain ink, but such, whether flat or concave, do not act upon the principle or accomplisl so good a result as mine, the operation o'f which is by capillary attraction, produced by the :close proximity of two nearly parallel surfaces, as rep -i'esented by the point and lower extremity of the spoonreservoir, while the chamber formed by the hollow space above, retains a sucient supply for use for a consid-` erable time.

Some penmen 'occasionally bear with s o much force on the pen, in making flourishes, as to separate the points so widely that the ink will not ow by capillary attraction; but my improvement obviates this defect, by the intrusion of the pointh of the spoon through between the points of -the pen, diminishing the space, so that capillary absorption is maintained, and supporting the points by pressure, so that a more ilexiblepen may be employed, with less uniformity in the flow oil ink.

I do not claim broadly a spoon-shaped reservoir, retaining. a supply of ink for Jthe pen but What I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The reservoir-attachment b, applied to the back of the pen, by a shank or stemrigidly connected therewith, so as to maintain its pointed extremity in juxtaposition with the nib, for the purposes of first render- .for

"Witnesses:

WM. F. MONAMARA, G. M. LAwnElcn.

HENRY S. GOODSPEED.

-iuid between the. reservoir and the slit of the pen,

fatigue to the writer, and insuring ing capillary service in supplying the ink; second, of

In witness whereof', I have hereunto signed my-name, v in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 

